Service difficulty report · Oil System · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
July 25, 2013
Submitted
July 31, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N336NG
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4336
Aircraft time
5,180 hours, 5,032 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Engine time
5,180 hours, 5,032 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CLIMB FROM FL 200 TO 240, CAPTAIN NOTICED LT FUEL FLOW INDICATION WAS AT ZERO AND AN ODOR COMING FROM THE LT SIDE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. AT FL 230 THE F/A CALLED AND STATED THAT WHILE NO SMOKE WAS PRESENT, A LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR HAD ACTIVATED. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND STARTED RETURN TO DEPARTURE. F/A CALLED AND STATED SMOKE WAS PRESENT IN CABIN. CAPTAIN INSTRUCTED F/A'S TO PUT ON O2 MASKS AND CAPTAIN AND CO-PILOT DID AS WELL. SMOKE MASTER WARNING CAME ON IN COCKPIT, CAPTAIN FOLLOWED QRH AND DISCHARGED THE AFT CARGO FIRE BOTTLE. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS EVACUATED ON THE RUNWAY. MX FOUND OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE INTERCOMPRESSOR CASE DRAIN TUBE, P3 CENTRISEP DRAIN AND THE TURBINE SUPPORT CASE DRAIN.